₦airaland Forum

Francis-1:
I do not really care about the undercurrents leading to Soludo's move to APGA, but I suggest that all Aspirants in APGA should coalesce around Soludo. He is the only one amongst them who has the intellectual, economical, relational and pragmatic skills to take Anambra to the next level. If Anambra is well, followed by Abia, then Igboland is well, economically.


Soludo Quits PDP, Displaces APGA’s 22 Aspirants F

By Obi Ogadi

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In a cliff-hangar move, former CBN Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, erstwhile gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party will this week desert the umbrella for the chicken quitting the PDP and its rancorous primaries where 23 aspirants will slug it out, to muscle into APGA with a ‘deep’ bargain of N 2billion cash.

The deal , which will see its first light later this week, precisely Thursday when the Professor of Economics who contested the 2010 elections as an imposed candidate of the PDP meeting resistance from other aspirants will also be displacing 22 aspirants in APGA as a candidate imposed by leadership.

Indications are that both Sir Victor Umeh who recently won his battle to regain his National Chairmanship position in the Appeal Court and governor Peter Obi who surrendered to him in a hurriedly packaged reconciliation meeting by a high –profile clergy in the Catholic Church have signed into the deal, hence betraying his self-professed and highly orchestrated governorship course for Anambra North Senatorial District.

Indeed, Soludo had made flattering remarks at a memorial ceremony in his relative in his hometown, Isu Anioma, Aguata Local Government Area, in which the protocols were handled by Anambra State Government employees.

‘You have laid a foundation for future governments to build on in Anambra State’ Soludo was widely quoted as telling Gov Obi.

Insiders confess that the ceremony gave cover to a final negotiation, where the price, timing and other modalities was agreed, a development which may have prompted the repudiation of the guidelines earlier issued by the party for gubernatorial aspirants to pay N2m each as ‘consensus’ is now the name of the game.

But the National Executive of APGA and the aspirants under APGA, including 17 from Anambra North Senatorial District are not finding the development funny, even as they adopt a wait-and-see attitude.

Two of them who spoke to me on condition of anonymity said it would be shocking if the governor can make a u-turn on the principle of equity he has canvassed for close to 15 months in favour of a new deal.

Said an aspirant from the Omambala bloc :’I will not bury anyone before he or she dies, as God will make all of us live till Thursday , after which we shall respond to the new music with the right beat’

Another aspirant told this reporter on telephone that ‘It would be the most dramatic and dishonest reversal for Gov Peter Obi to abandon everyone and follow a new bride now’. Adding ‘This is just too difficult to explain’

Asked what he would do under the circumstance he simply said; ‘It is too early to say ,but if it turns out to be true, they will have to beat me in the primaries to gain my co-operation because they themselves said it that Anambra is not for sale’

The issue of producing a governor of Anambra North (Senatorial Zone) extraction has dominated political discussions for close to a year with the governor and his supporters openly declaring his support for the zone, which according to him has not produced a governors since Anambra State was created.

In fact the government was said to have sponsored a strong campaign in this regard tagged Equity 2014, with bottom line costs running into billions of Naira, a consideration which was said to have reflected in the latest political negotiation with Soludo.

Early indications to the latest development broke when 23 aspirants of the PDP beat the deadline given by their party last week to return their Expression of Interest Forms ‘ with those of Soludo conspicuously missing.

APGA executives had been reported by all major newspapers in the country as having denounced the delicate ‘church’ agreement, which has failed to involve them.

The dynamics to be created in crisis torn APGA amid its fragile but unhealed peace is a matter for conjecture as, the Anambra State November 16, 2013 elections turns a new bend.

T9ksy: Don't fret yet ol' boy, we are cultured and patient like a vulture plus we know you guys too well now.

Eventually you guys will climb your tree beyond its leaves. Its in your DNA. Then and only then will we show you that

"Lagos IS not a no man's land". You all will have to bow to the law of the land and that law is yoruba's. All your red cap

chiefs, ezes and governors will not be able to save your sorry behind.

T9ksy: In that case its about time we give these flat-headed ingrates, the "Northern" treatment.

ALTRUTH: Lagos is Yoruba land and they own it. I think we should respect that is it too much to ask from us?

Desola: Lol... Who is the young lady being radicalised by Dayo?

Hahahaha...perhaps you are new on this forum. Lol...I would radicalise your own region sef. Pshew! Jokes of the century!

You must think that this is my first time of seeing that video. Nonsense!

Ibo alakuko

ilugunboy: Don't tell me you are running off....at least you still have the moral support of red sunset

You lot go look for trouble and when you are justly served...you turn around to claim victimization ....why are Igbos trouble makers everywhere they gather ?

olillywales: Suspected members of Nigeria’s Islamist group Boko Haram shot dead more than 20 civilians when a vigilante group attacked them in the northern Borno state, a military spokesman said Sunday.

“The suspected sect members came armed and fired sporadic shots that killed over twentyinnocent civilians,” Haruna Mohammed Sani, spokesman for the Multinational Joint Task Force said in a statement.

SOURCE- www.metronaija.com/breaking-news-islamists-kill-20-civilians-in-borno/

ilugunboy: The last restraint is getting strained .....and it's just a matter of time. No Ndigbo Lagos chiefs will be allow to come near the Alausa govt house to beg.

ilugunboy: Let them start.....we want to see who get messed up at the end...who have more to lose.

berem: A human rights group has launched an
investigation into the alleged deportation
and dumping of 67 Igbos by the Lagos State
Government, which reportedly dumped them
in the famed commercial town of Onitsha,
Anambra State, in the wee hours of Wednesday, July 24.
In a message posted on its website yesterday, Due Process
Advocates (DPA) sought information about the incident that
would enable its lawyers to launch a suit against the Lagos State
Government over the issue. The message goes as follows:
"URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT:
"CALL ON MEMBERS FOR INFORMATION:
"Any member of DPA in Asaba, Onitsha or Awka with any
information on those 70 persons that were reported to have been
deported from Lagos State to Onitsha should kindly contact DPA.
"Also any member in that area who could help obtain
information should please help. We are looking for the following
basic information:
"(a) Name and phone number of any of the deportees.
"(b) Name and phone number of any relative of any deportee.
"(c) Name and phone number of any eyewitness to the arrival,
dropping off, picking up, handling and shipment of any deportees
from Lagos to Anambara State recently.
"(d) Name and number of any government official or NGO
involved in this mater or who bas been reported to have made a
public statement on the matter.
"Your help is needed for the lawyers to be able to do something
about the problem."
DPA, which has over 6,000 members, is known for intervening in
cases involving under-privileged people, including defending
them in court.
According to reports, the Lagos State Government has come
under heavy criticism from various groups for the alleged
deportation of of Igbos for the second time in a year in brazen
contravention of the Nigerian Constitution.

http://m.naij.com/news/41607.html

patrikobi: @Mepounds,highlight the few dividends of democracy u felt during ORJI UZOR KALU's time as a governor,let us analyze them now...i hate sentiment

dayokanu: [size=13pt]I can interpret some.

In the first part after the greetings he said that many of our Yoruba people compare our country to USA and UK claiming since it was done in those countries it should be done same way in Nigeria. and the Ibo Alakuko have been using their Newspapers to promote their agenda and Yorubas trying to act sophisticated dont trust their parents again rather they believe Nigeria should be like US and UK, Nigeria is not like US and UK

He said one of the Ibo leaders claimed he believed Ibos are special breed of people who are designed to Lord over other Nigerians.

Count how many Yorubas are in Eastern parts heading parastatals? Now compare that to Ibos heading such stuffs in North and the West. Why do they want to Lord it over all.

He said in Ibadan, Arabs and Lebanese were sent away from trading yet the NCNC made sure it was Ibos that took over the whole markets in Ibadan, that our wives in Ibadan cant even get stalls to trade.

All Nigerians ambasadors to London, Paris, Moscow, New York are all Ibos through their alliance with the Hausas.

This election is for the future of your children, This is not about Akintola or Awolowo this is about the future of your children.

Recently Michael Okpara came out to list the achievement of Federal Govt in the Eastern region. He listed the Cement company in Nkalagu, the Coal in Enugu where thousands of their children are getting jobs while our own qualified children cant get jobs

The 2 VC of the University in Lagos and UI are both Ibos. Are they saying of all the educated people in Abeokuta for more than 100yrs none is educated enough to head?

You might ask why is the top position important its because due to their nature, the first in command is Ibo, he would ensure second in command, third in command till fifteenth in command is his tribesman till all the commands are finished[/size]

Austine.E:
typical of a yoruba man,you got into a fight with him,he starts by calling passer-by and his nieghbours to come oo,that you want to fight them oo.imagine this slippery creature,while the possibility of a battle between igbos and yorubas is being discussed,this tout is busy calling on Hausas,Nupe,Edos etc as those who will do the fight.Even within the Yoruba-parapo cycle,they know very well that igbos are in a different class from yorubas,a world ahead of yorubas in anyway you want it.Because Lagos was developed by federal govt and our common-wealth,as the former federal capital,every yoruba d i c k and harry is jumping into the band wagon of 'lagos has the highest GDP and most developed',i just hope that the Gwari people of Abuja shld also claim responsibility for developing Abuja....am eargly waiting for the dimwits to develop Osun,Ekiti,Ogun,Ondo and the brown zinc Ibadan!or are they nt yoruba states.

0lumide: That's not for Igbos to decide really. It's beyond Igbo's beneficial capacity to make a decision on leaving lagos or not because Igbos will rather die than leave lagos so it's left to Yorubas to decide when enough is enough. Sorry but, such is life. When the Hyksos were expelled from Egypt, they were at their prime. In fact, some Hyksos were pharaohs before real Egyptians decided to kick them out.

Ola Johnson: We are not Ndi Yoruba but Awon Yoruba.

DerideGull: Igbo culture and tradition require that guests in Igbo land be protected and served with hospitality a human being can afford.

Dudu_Negro: The longer they stay in Lagos the better for them. Lagos does not need ibos, ibos need Lagos. Without Lagos ibo life in Nigeria is ruined. However, if ibo leave Lagos, Yoruba will replace them with another tax payer.

So whether you leave or stay, Yoruba dont give a fvk. If you stay though, thats by your own choice and a consent that you want to be ruled and subordinated to the customs of the land, including the Babaloja of Ladipo, Alhaji Abibu Oki.

9jacrip: Then when you people start getting mauled down you'd shout what?

Dudu_Negro: To those calling for Igbos to relocate to East....there are Chinese, Jews, Hausas, Ghanaians, Brazilians, Arabs, Europeans, Americans....all waiting in line and looking for space to establish market in Lagos. Exit quick so we can bring in cultured people who understand the value of land usage and virtue of cultures and customs.